RIC S. BASTASA

Translating You - Poem by RIC S. BASTASA

You are from usRibs, rememberYou have flown away from usBlackbird, remember

You never returnSaying, i am happier in the desert Where the sunset is blood redYou left usSome footprints that I am now busying with some interpretations

You nodAnd i move on with some fun Trying to enjoy what is there examining what is it really that you left with usI am digesting goldAnd with the precious metals, how can i ever be full? I should have eaten rice and salted fish As once my mother wished?